Central Queens sees new rules for commercial waste ahead of citywide rollout
New York City's Department of Sanitation has begun what it calls a monumental overhaul of the city's commercial waste industry.
Mystery after human remains are found stuffed in a garbage bag and left under the bed in a Queens apartment
A man’s body has been found stashed inside a garbage bag underneath a bed in a Queens home. NYPD officers made the grim discovery around 5pm on Tuesday while they were conducting a welfare check at the apartment at 70th Avenue and 137th Street in the Kew Gardens Hills neighborhood of New York City.
‘Haggler After Midnight,' Who Negotiates What He’ll Steal from Victims, Sought by New York City Police
Authorities are looking to arrest a robber who "haggles" with his victims before stealing, according to police
New York City shutters sprawling migrant tent camp on remote former airfield
New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex erected on a remote former airport and announced the closure of other major shelters housing asylum seekers in its latest efforts to shrink an emergency housing built up in response to a surge of migration that’s now receding.
For the second year in a row, this Queens district is the ‘top NYC neighborhood to watch’
New York City’s housing landscape is shifting — and the East River is no longer a dividing line, but a bridge to opportunity, according to StreetEasy.
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NYC's Closure of Five Early Childhood Centers Leaves Brooklyn and Queens Families Scrambling for Childcare Solutions
NYC families are struggling as the Department of Education won't renew leases for five early childhood centers.
Thirteen migrant shelters closing by June, New York City says
By the time the shelters are set to close in June, the city hopes to have shuttered roughly 45 over the proceeding 12 months. Currently, fewer than 51,000 migrants are using city shelter services, marking the smallest amount in more than a year.
New year, new you: Combine your New York holiday with the NYC Marathon
Fiona Harper takes a unique tour through New York’s five famed boroughs. It’s 4am on the first Sunday in November and the city that never sleeps is wide awake. So am I. I’ve barely slept a wink yet my body is buzzing with adrenaline.
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Trump’s second term sparks fear among New York’s immigrant communities as deportation plans loom
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office for a second time next week, migrants, elected officials and immigration groups
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Addabbo emphasizes importance of new laws impacting Queens and beyond
As New York enters 2025, a slate of new laws impacting minimum wage, paid leave, civil rights, and environmental protections has taken effect
With ‘City of Yes,’ New York Finally Gets Real About the Housing Crisis
A new rezoning plan for the city aims to remove long-outdated barriers to building housing and to spread development across all the city’s neighborhoods.
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Queens woman pleads not guilty to killing building super who was collecting rent, DA says
Officials said the super, whose body was found in garbage bags under a bed, died in part from blunt force trauma to his head.